Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and recording medium

Abstract

Provided is an information processing apparatus capable of suitably carrying out a color matching prediction with respect to a plastic material which includes waste plastic. The information processing apparatus includes: an acquiring means for acquiring one of pieces of information which are color information and pigment information, and features of waste plastic; and a predicting means for predicting the other one of the pieces of information from information acquired by the acquiring means, with use of a prediction model which has learned a mutual relationship among pigment information, features of waste plastic, and color information.

1 . An information processing apparatus, comprising
 at least one processor, the at least one processor carrying out   an acquiring process of acquiring one of pieces of information which are color information and pigment information, and features of waste plastic; and   a predicting process of predicting the other one of the pieces of information from information acquired by the acquiring process, with use of a prediction model which has learned a mutual relationship among pigment information, features of waste plastic, and color information.   
     
     
         2 . The information processing apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein
 in the acquiring process and the predicting process, the at least one processor carries out at least one of the following processes:   a first process of
 acquiring, through the acquiring process, the pigment information which indicates a pigment candidate, and 
 predicting, through the predicting process, color information which indicates a color corresponding to the pigment information, from the pigment information and the features of the waste plastic; and 
   a second process of
 acquiring, through the acquiring process, the color information which indicates a target color, and 
 predicting, through the predicting process, pigment information which indicates a pigment corresponding to the color information, from the color information and the features of the waste plastic. 
   
     
     
         3 . The information processing apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein
 in the acquiring process, the at least one processor carries out
 a feature generating process of referring to information regarding the waste plastic, to generate the features of the waste plastic. 
   
     
     
         4 . The information processing apparatus according to  claim 3 , wherein
 in the feature generating process, the at least one processor
 further refers to reference information which includes information on colors obtained by applying each of a plurality of types of pigments to each of a plurality of types of waste plastic, to generate the features of the waste plastic. 
   
     
     
         5 . The information processing apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein
 in the predicting process, the at least one processor further predicts at least one selected from the group consisting of:
 a color which is obtained by applying a pigment indicated by the pigment information to virgin plastic or to mixed plastic that includes virgin plastic and waste plastic; and 
 a pigment which imparts, to virgin plastic or to mixed plastic that includes virgin plastic and waste plastic, a color indicated by the color information, and 
   the at least one processor further carries out   an outputting process of visually presenting, to a user, presentation information which includes a prediction result derived by the predicting process.   
     
     
         6 . The information processing apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the at least one processor further carries out   a registering process of registering, in a database, information which includes at least one selected from the group consisting of a prediction result derived by the predicting process and information referred to in the predicting process.   
     
     
         7 . The information processing apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein
 in the predicting process, the at least one processor uses, as the prediction model,
 a trained model for predicting, from pigment information and features of waste plastic, color information which indicates a color that is obtained by applying a pigment indicated by the pigment information to the waste plastic, or 
 a trained model for predicting, from color information and features of waste plastic, pigment information which indicates a pigment that imparts, to the waste plastic, a color indicated by the color information. 
   
     
     
         8 . An information processing apparatus, comprising
 at least one processor, the at least one processor carrying out   an acquiring process of acquiring one of pieces of information which are color information and pigment information, and features of waste plastic; and   a training process of referring to information acquired by the acquiring process, to train a prediction model for predicting a mutual relationship among pigment information, features of waste plastic, and color information.   
     
     
         9 . An information processing method, comprising:
 at least one processor acquiring one of pieces of information which are color information and pigment information, and features of waste plastic; and   the at least one processor predicting the other one of the pieces of information from information acquired in the acquiring, with use of a prediction model which has learned a mutual relationship among pigment information, features of waste plastic, and color information.   
     
     
         10 . A non-transitory recording medium storing a program for causing a computer to function as the information processing apparatus according to  claim 1 ,
 the program causing the computer to carry out:   the acquiring process; and   the predicting process.